I'm just a girl seeking an MBA, the perfect job, love & happiness, early retirement. And world peace, of course. You know, the basics.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Nervous

First off, let me offer my congratulations to Classy & Aregon on their Cornell admits. Way to go guys, you totally deserve it!

Now, as to the post title, it's my current category based on Clear Admit's definition. The wait is starting to get to me. I'm completely distracted at work, mainly because there's not a ton of stuff to be done right now. All the hard work was last week, now I'm just tying up loose ends before the holiday and completing year end review stuff. Trying to come up with specific behavioral examples for peer feedback while refraining from speaking in platitudes is a bit taxing. Completing my self-appraisal has been easier since I've just put myself through all these introspective tasks for b-school apps. I have plenty of examples ready and waiting in my arsenal. However, it's not really helping my efforts to ignore the fact that my phone is not ringing. Re-reading already submitted essays isn't a good thing, yet that's what I'm doing for my self-appraisal and now I'm finding I'm not as pleased with my essays as I once was. As I've mentioned before, this process has inherent peaks of confidence and valleys of doubt, and I'm currently kicking it in a valley. All I want for Christmas this year is just one decision.

Speaking of Christmas, I cannot wait to go home! A week from today, I'm headed back to the Pacific Northwest for a week with family and friends. I haven't seen my folks since my trip to Hawaii and I haven't seen my brother in a year. I will also get to see my two best friends from high school...one had her first child a couple of months ago and the other is 7 months pregnant. We're going to have a little mini-shower for both of them. Hard to believe that many of my oldest friends are married with children now, especially when those types of life events are not even on my radar right now. But I grew up in a small town and most of the people that never left (or left but went back) settled down pretty quick. Completely different life from mine. I can't imagine being satisfied with that, but everyone has their own unique vision of happiness and satisfaction. I'm happy that my friends are happy, and I can't wait to spoil their children!

As for stress relief, I'm getting my hair cut & colored tonight, one of my favorite activities. You see, I'm a tomboy in the sense that I love sports, camping, and getting dirty, but I'm a girly-girl too. I love hair and make-up stuff...I am a product queen. The gal who does my hair is really cool. She's a few years older than me and she's going to school part time for her English degree (and she studied in Spain during the summer), so we talk more about literature and travel than typical salon gossip. Plus, she gives a great head/neck massage during the shampoo...that's worth an extra $10 in the tip, at least in my book.

Aregon, thanks for the kind wishes. Still a couple of days left to hear something before the holiday. Either way though, it's outta my hands at this point so I just gotta go with the flow. Easier said than done!

Alex, your comment put a grin on my face, thanks! Jan 6th seems nearly impossible since I think my GMAT score is now expired in W's eyes (although I did send a score report this summer). We'll see how things turn out after the first of the year, crazy things could happen and I may end up throwing my hat in the ring in R3.

Bankers Hill, I don't think anyone expects us to act rationally these days, although I try to limit myself to checking my status once in the morning and once in the evening, although I'm keeping my cell phone with me at all times and I've set up the Gmail notifier on my desktop!

Hey, How did the new hair color suit you...I blew a bomb on shopping a day before decision day...But somehow remained calm on the d-day...back to back meetings kept me busy....Liked the 'tomboyish' interests part and the 'girlie' hairdo, make up obssession....I'm like that tooo :)) (Make up fails me at times but no harm in trying..)